A comedy writer is suing The Walt Disney Co., saying that he came up with the idea for the teen television show Hannah Montana but never showed proof that he found that he actually had made a script or ideas for the show. Buddy Sheffield filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday making a breach of contract, breach of confidence, unfair competition and unjust enrichment.
Disney officials could not be reached at the company's Burbank offices Thursday evening for comment. Sheffield, who has written for "The Smothers Brothers Show," "The Dolly Parton Show" and "In Living Color," says he pitched an idea for a television series called "Rock and Roland" to the Disney Channel in 2001. The story was about a junior high school student who lived a secret double life as a rock star, according to the lawsuit. Disney Channel officials at first liked the idea, but ultimately passed on it, the lawsuit alleges. The Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana" is about high school student Miley Stewart, who lives a secret double life as a famous pop star. Hannah Montana, starring Miley Cyrus and her father, country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, has generated two hit music CDs and helped sell a great deal of merchandise. Sheffield says he deserves a share of the revenue. Sheffield I think doesn't deserve this profits. Now if it was understandable that Disney copied his show and then aired. But they simply just made it first. So techinaclly he shouldn't get any of the profits. And shouldn't sure because he didn't recreate the show and make it his own and but it on Disney Channel.
